Allianz Annual Report 2012

Allianz Group20 Always Early in Every Market in the World First-class asset management with meticulous analysis and on-site research. Projections from the fund managers at PIMCO – Pacific Investment Management ­Company, LLC, Allianz’s largest asset management company – about developments in the capital market are so important to business, top management’s doors are wide open to them. The company is recognized more and more widely as an authority. 04 Life in Newport Beach starts shortly after dawn. The Californian city with a popula- tion of not quite 86,000 is on the Pacific, barely an hour south of Los Angeles (left). By that time, Mark Kiesel and his team have already been at work for hours (right).